Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Analyze"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Analyze \An"a*lyze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Analyzed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Analyzing}.] [Cf. F. analyser. See {Analysis}.]
To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into
its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the
purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in
such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the
thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze
a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its
morality.
No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of
pleasure or pain. --Darwin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
analyze
v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a
sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a
criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: {analyse},
{study}, {examine}, {canvass}]
2: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
break down into components or essential features; "analyze
a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical
compound" [syn: {analyse}, {break down}, {dissect}, {take
apart}] [ant: {synthesize}]
3: break down into components or essential features; "analyze
today's financial market"
4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: {analyse}, {psychoanalyze},
{psychoanalyse}]
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